Jake Adams and Paige Spiranac cash $200K hole in Episode 3

The stakes for this one built up across earlier holes, and the shot that set it up got a 'SHOT OF HIS LIFE' banner from the edit.

Fore Play

@ForePlayPod

JAKE ADAMS DART. PAIGE ICE COLD. $200,000 HOLE. CASH IT.

Fore Play's version is simple: Jake dart, Paige ice cold, cash it. The approach puts the ball close, the putt finishes it, and the clip ends with a hug on the green. Golf on YouTube rarely gets better than a shot with that much money riding on it actually landing.

Here's why one hole was worth that much. The Internet Invitational puts a pot on a designated hole, and when a match ties there the money rolls over to the next group. A few ties in a row and a normal 9-hole scramble turns into a $200,000 putt. This is the 2nd edition of the event: 64 players, a purse north of $4 million, all filmed in August at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri, and released as YouTube episodes through mid-November.

Six figures on a single hole is about the most Barstool idea there is, and Dave Portnoy, Fore Play and Bob Does Sports built the whole event around it. Episode 3 had a 2nd big moment too, because $150,000 was riding on another hole in the same episode.

Barstool Sports

@barstoolsports

$150,000 on the line on one hole. CLUTCH!

Barstool's main account called that one clutch, which tells you how it ended. The broader point is that the money in this event lands on single swings and single putts. If you're reading this you probably already know the YouTube golf world, but even casual fans get a gut punch watching a putt like that roll.

There's still plenty left. The episode schedule runs through November 12, the field keeps shrinking, and 4 winners will each take home $1.3 million. A $500,000 hole-in-one bonus on each day's designated par 3 also hasn't paid out yet. If Episode 3 had a $200,000 hole and a $150,000 hole, the last few episodes have a lot to live up to.